UNODC Global Firearms Programme and INTERPOL support coordination of Operation KAFO III against firearms trafficking in the Sahel
In December 2021, in the framework of a project financed by Germany, France and Italy and the UNODC Global Firearms Programme (GFP), together with AIRCOP, the UNODC Sahel Programme and the G5 Sahel, supported the organisation of Operation KAFO III, which targeted countries in the Sahel. The operation has taken place for the third consecutive year with the involvement of police, gendarmerie, customs, anti-trafficking airport cells, maritime authorities, as well as border and prosecution units and it aimed to disrupt illicit firearms trafficking flows. In a two-week long operation against firearms trafficking in the Sahel, 850 officers from across relevant law enforcement agencies seized a total of 594 firearms and several thousand rounds of ammunition, including among suspected terrorists, early December last year. GFP’s objective is to continue working with these countries to support the investigation and prosecution of cases that have been opened as a result of the operation.
UNODC supported operation KAFO III through its Global Firearms Programme, the Sahel Programme and AIRCOP. The operation also received support from the G5 Sahel, through its Rapid Action Groups – Monitoring and Intervention in the Sahel (GARSI). Operation KAFO III was made possible with the support from Germany, France and Italy.
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